Malička, Croatia
Petrova Gora
This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.
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Malička, Croatia
This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.
Jablanac, Croatia
The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.
Podgarić, Croatia
This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.
Komiža, Croatia
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A bridge destroyed three times: once as a ruse, then in an actual attack, and finally for the movies.
Pauc, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A wellspring of natural Viagra found in Bosnia.
Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The remains of the last Bosnian fortress to fall to the Ottomans are still standing.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.
Dera, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This brutalist monument is inscribed with 9921 names of Yugoslav partisans who perished during WWII.
Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.
Studenci, Bosnia and Herzegovina
There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.
Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina
These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.
Željava, Croatia
Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.
Tomba, Montenegro
One of the world's oldest olive trees, thought to be over 2,000 years old.
Montenegro
A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.
Ulcinj, Montenegro
On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.
Sarandë District, Albania
A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.
Krujë, Albania
The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."
Berlin, Germany
A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.
Berlin, Germany
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.